the illusion that mathematics is some sort of universal ground truth is dispelled once you understand what it means to prove something: it is not to construct a proof, but to convince other mathematicians that your proof makes sense. an inherently social activity
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so you're saying that any math that can't be used to build stuff is invalid?
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I think it becomes more like any other language in that case: it conveys information but doesn't necessarily correspond to anything in the world or have ontological significance for the world we actually live in. Modal logic is sort of like this: it's a sieve for intuitions.
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